NGC 7497
NGC 7497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7497 as it looked roughly 80 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7625Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7742Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7743Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7280Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7454Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7742Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7743Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7280Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).